Fan



May 11 192a.

V. D. HUMPHREY FAN Filed Nov. 25, 1924 VD jifum oh gy ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented l /lay ll, 192$,

entree stares vonnrn DILLON HUMPHREY, or LAKE VIEW, sotrrn CAROLINA.

FAN.

Application filed November My present invention has reference to hand actuated tans.

My object is to provide a sectional handle for a fan, the sections whereof being pivotally connected and spring influenced to longitudinal alignment, and whereby the lowermost section will serve as a hand hold, while the pressure of the thumb against the adjacent section will cause the same, and the fan, to be swung in one direction against the pressure of the spring, the said spring returning the fan to initial position, and whereby a circulation of air may be thus produced in an easy and effective manner.

To the attainment of the foregoing broadly stated objects and others, which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a "tan provided with the improvement.

Figure 2 is an approximately central longitudinal sectional view through the improvement, the tan handle being in elevation.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the spring entployed. t

In the drawings I have illustrated my device as an auxiliary handle for tans, but it is to be understood that the same, if desired. may form part of the tan handle.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary flat disk-like fan blade, and 2 the handle therefor. The handle is rectangular in cross section and is designed to be received in and to be frictionally contacted with the socket element 3 of my improvement. The socket element is preferably of metal, and as disclosed in Figure 2 of the drawings is slitted adjacent its outer end, and the metal bounded by the slit is rounded to provide a spring tongue l which frictionally engages one of the sides of the handle 2. The socket is in the nature of a spring member, so that the ends and the split side thereof will likewise exert a pressure on the tan handle 2.

The back of the scoket, at a suitable distance from the tongue l, is slit transversely 25, 1924. Serial No. 752,241.

and longitudinally and bent inwardly to provide a rounded wall 5 which also contacts with the fan handle 2 and which also is slotted to provide a pocket for a spring which will hereinafter be described.

The socket 3 has outer side extensions 6 which are pivoted, as at 7, to plates 8 secured on the sides of a block 9, the said block providing the handle proper of the unprovement.

Having one end embedded in the block 9 there is a substantially rectangular shaped spring 10. The side members of the spring are bent upon themselves to provide eyes 11, and these eyes receive the pivot- 7 therethrough. The portion of the spring, outward of the eyes 11, are received against the back of the socket member 3, and the connecting element for these arms is received in the pocket provided by the inwardly rounded portion 5 in the back of the socket. i

As disclosed in Figure 1, the operator grasps the handle portion 9 01 the improvement and arranges his thumb against the back of the socket portion 3. A movement of the operators thumb will swing the socket 3 and the fan blade 1 against the pressure of the spring. A release of this pressure will return the "fan and socket to initial position. A continuous operation will create sutficient breeze to cool the operator in an easy and expeditious manner.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. An auxiliary handle for hand operated fans, comprising a socket to receive the handle of a tan therein, a spring tongue in the socket to engage with the handle for holding said handle in place, a hand hold pivotally connected to the socket, and spring means between the hand hold and socket for holding these elements normally in alignment.

2. An auxiliary handle for hand operated fans, comprising two pivotally connected members, one of which being in the nature of a metal socket and designed to receive the handle of the fan therein, an inwardly directed spring tongue on the socket for engaging the fan handle, the outer section being in the nature of a hand hold, a substan tially U-shaped spring having one end embedded in the handhold and having its parallel arins formed with eyes receiving the pivot therethrough and its opposite end received in the socket and housed therein.

3. An auxiliary handle for hand operated fans, having a split sleeve comprising a socket pivotally secured to one end thereof and designed to receive therein the handle of a fan, and spring means between the auxiliary handle and the socket for normally 10 sustaining the socket in longitudnial alignment with the auxiliary handle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

VONN IE DILLON HUMPHREY. 

